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Tour strengthens Puerto Rico-Detroit solidarity

October 12, 2018 fwstaff 1

By Fighting Words staff A delegation from the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions & Utility Shutoffs in Detroit, Michigan, visited Puerto Rico from September 26-29 in a solidarity tour hosted by UTIER, the […]

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Austerity policies cause water crisis in Detroit

October 8, 2018 fwstaff 1

By Julia Samar Kassem Beginning with the Detroit municipal bankruptcy in 2013, more than 100,000 households were affected by water shutoffs in the city, a trend that has spiked and continued since in the post-emergency […]